The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner is a delightful beach read about family and consequences. Sarah Danhauser is shocked when her 22-year-old stepdaughter, Ruby, announces she wants to get married to her boyfriend of 2 years. Sarah’s mother, Veronica, announces that Ruby should marry at her Cape Cod home, and to Sarah’s dismay, Veronica is […]
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout is the fourth book in her popular Amgash series. This can be read as a standalone but is so much better if you read the previous books in the series. Lucy by the Sea is a fascinating look into a divorced couple and their experience with the COVID […]
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a book about the world of tennis, but more than that, it’s a character study on what it takes to be at the top of your sport. I don’t know much about the sport of tennis, and I’m not much of a sports person, but I […]
Any Other Family by Eleanor Brown is a story of three families tied together by their adopted children. As an adoptive parent, I appreciated how the author told a story of some of the varied ways families deal with the stresses and joys of adoption. I just loved this story of family, love, and motherhood. […]
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman was just a lot of fun to listen to. It’s different and so well written. I found the book to be heartwarming and hopeful. The main message that I got out of the book is that people are mostly good, and that’s exactly what I wanted to hear. This is […]
The Patron Saint of Second Chances is a fun romp in a tiny Italian town with an interesting cast of characters that made me laugh. I enjoyed the look into small-town life in Italy and enjoyed these lovable characters. Signor Speranza is a vacuum cleaner repairman in the tiny Italian town of Promette, population 212. […]
Every once in a while, a book comes around that just stuns me. I can’t even put into words how much I loved Lessons in Chemistry. It is refreshingly different, historical, and highlights the struggles of women scientists in the late 1950s. Chemist Elizabeth Zott is a very unusual woman, even by today’s standards, but […]
The White Girl by Tony Birch is a beautiful story about one strong woman’s desire to protect her granddaughter and make a better life for her. This is a look into the oppressive practice of the Australian government in removing Aboriginal children from their families in order to “protect” them back in the 1960s. In […]
Her Last Affair by John Searls is a psychological thriller that had me guessing until the very end. This compelling story was a bit confusing at times, but the ending tied up everything in a very satisfactory way. Skylar’s husband Hollis died about a year ago in a tragic and mysterious accident. She now resides […]
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Publication Date September 29, 2020 Published by PenguinPurchase Here Buy on Amazon US – Buy on Apple – Buy on Kobo – Buy on Google – Buy at Barnes and Noble – Buy on Waterstones – Buy on Audible Goodreads Genres: Fiction / Literary, Fiction / Science Fiction / […]